Durbin Meets With Intransigent Burris
Sen. Roland Burris would not talk about the hour-long meeting with Sen. Dick Durbin, which reportedly was going to include a pledge by Burris to abandon the appointed seat in 2010.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sen. Dick Durbin asked new U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign on Tuesday, but Burris would not, the Senate's second-ranking Democrat said Tuesday.
Burris, who has been in office for little more than a month, darted out of the meeting and refused to discuss the details.
"I'm under orders not to speak about this," Burris said, noting his lawyers have told him to stop talking publicly about the events preceding his appointment to the seat by ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich
But Durbin, the Democratic whip, told reporters afterward that he was disappointed that when he asked Burris to resign, he said he would not.
Durbin said he did not get the answers he hoped from the senator, who is being investigated into whether he perjured to an Illinois House panel deciding whether to impeach Blagojevich.
Burris arrived at his Senate office Tuesday morning with little to say to reporters but facing considerable pressure from his own party leaders.
Last week while traveling in Greece, Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois, said he wanted to hear from Burris before giving an opinion on whether he should quit the post handed to him by Blagojevich, who was arrested in December on charges of pay-to-play schemes out of the governor's mansion
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday that Burris was expected to tell Durbin that he isn't going to resign despite the Illinois attorney's investigation and a probe by the Senate ethics committee, but was going to soften his message by saying he will not run for the seat in 2010.
Burris would not confirm that report earlier in the day. Durbin said Burris also did not offer a clue on whether he would seek election when his appointment expires.
Despite the building pressure, Burris spokesman Jim O'Connor said the senator is keeping a regular schedule on Tuesday and could even make a speech on D.C. voting rights before a Senate vote on the legislation later in the day. The senator also was going to attend a joint session of Congress for a speech Tuesday night by President Obama.
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This shit gets better all the time....
Sen. Roland Burris would not talk about the hour-long meeting with Sen. Dick Durbin, which reportedly was going to include a pledge by Burris to abandon the appointed seat in 2010.
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sen. Dick Durbin asked new U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign on Tuesday, but Burris would not, the Senate's second-ranking Democrat said Tuesday.
Burris, who has been in office for little more than a month, darted out of the meeting and refused to discuss the details.
"I'm under orders not to speak about this," Burris said, noting his lawyers have told him to stop talking publicly about the events preceding his appointment to the seat by ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich
But Durbin, the Democratic whip, told reporters afterward that he was disappointed that when he asked Burris to resign, he said he would not.
Durbin said he did not get the answers he hoped from the senator, who is being investigated into whether he perjured to an Illinois House panel deciding whether to impeach Blagojevich.
Burris arrived at his Senate office Tuesday morning with little to say to reporters but facing considerable pressure from his own party leaders.
Last week while traveling in Greece, Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois, said he wanted to hear from Burris before giving an opinion on whether he should quit the post handed to him by Blagojevich, who was arrested in December on charges of pay-to-play schemes out of the governor's mansion
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday that Burris was expected to tell Durbin that he isn't going to resign despite the Illinois attorney's investigation and a probe by the Senate ethics committee, but was going to soften his message by saying he will not run for the seat in 2010.
Burris would not confirm that report earlier in the day. Durbin said Burris also did not offer a clue on whether he would seek election when his appointment expires.
Despite the building pressure, Burris spokesman Jim O'Connor said the senator is keeping a regular schedule on Tuesday and could even make a speech on D.C. voting rights before a Senate vote on the legislation later in the day. The senator also was going to attend a joint session of Congress for a speech Tuesday night by President Obama.
LOL
This shit gets better all the time....
